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Names meaning bird, dove, swan and eagle

Bird names: the dove in Jonah and Paloma, the raven in Bran, the eagle in Arnold and the swan in Svana. 120 names so far, each with its own page, story and name art.

Aart

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Dutch

Adelar

“noble eagle”
Germanic

Adolar

“noble eagle”
Germanic

Ákos

may mean “white falcon”
Hungarian

Akvilė

“eagle”
Latin, via Lithuanian

Alondra

“lark”
Spanish

Arend

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Dutch

Arlie

may mean “eagle wood”
Old English

Arn

“eagle”
Old Norse

Arnaldo

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Portuguese and Italian

Arnau

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Catalan

Arnaud

“eagle power”
Germanic, via French

Arnbjörg

“eagle protection”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arnd

“eagle power”
Germanic, via German

Arne

“eagle”
Old Norse

Arnfinn

“eagle + Finn”
Old Norse

Arnfríður

“eagle and beautiful”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arngeir

“eagle spear”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arnhild

“eagle battle”
Old Norse

Arni

“eagle”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arnleifur

“eagle heir”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arnmundur

“eagle protection”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arno

“eagle”
Germanic

Arnold

“eagle power”
Germanic

Arnolda

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Portuguese

Arnoldo

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Spanish, Portuguese and Italian

Arnolfo

“eagle wolf”
Germanic, via Italian

Arnoud

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Dutch

Arnout

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Dutch

Arnsteinn

“eagle stone”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arnt

“eagle power”
Germanic, via Norwegian

Arnulf

“eagle wolf”
Germanic

Arnulfo

“eagle wolf”
Germanic, via Spanish

Arnviður

“eagle tree”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Arvi

“eagle tree”
Old Norse, via Finnish

Arvid

“eagle tree; or eagle wood”
Old Norse

Arvīds

“eagle tree”
Old Norse, via Latvian

Beltrán

“bright raven”
Germanic, via Spanish

Bertram

“bright raven”
Germanic

Bertran

“bright raven”
Germanic, via Catalan and Spanish

Bertrand

“bright raven”
Germanic, via French

Bertrando

“bright raven”
Germanic, via Italian

Birdie

“little bird”
English

Brandubh

“black raven”
Old Irish

Branwen

“white raven”
Welsh

Bylbyl

“nightingale”
Persian, via Albanian

Byrne

“raven”
Irish

Callum

“dove”
Scottish Gaelic

Calum

“dove”
Latin, via Scottish Gaelic

Chramn

“raven”
Frankish

Circe

may mean “hawk”
Greek

Colm

“dove”
Latin, via Irish

Colman

“little dove”
Latin, via Irish

Columba

“dove”
Latin

Columbus

“dove”
Latin

Corbin

“raven”
Old French

Corydon

“lark”
Greek

Cuauhtémoc

“descending eagle”
Nahuatl

Ezio

“eagle”
Greek, via Italian

Falco

“falcon”
Latin

Falk

“falcon”
German

Feige

“bird”
Yiddish

Fiachra

“raven”
Irish

Gavin

may mean “white hawk”
Welsh, via Scottish

Haitham

“young eagle”
Arabic

Haukur

“hawk”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Hayato

may mean “falcon person”
Japanese

Hrafn

“raven”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Hrafnkell

“raven cauldron”
Old Norse

Ingram

may mean “angel raven”
Germanic

Jemima

“dove”
Hebrew

Jona

“dove”
Hebrew

Jonah

“dove”
Hebrew

Jonas

“dove”
Hebrew, via Greek

Joona

“dove”
Hebrew, via Finnish

Joonas

“dove”
Hebrew, via Finnish

Kahu

“hawk”
Māori

Kartal

“eagle”
Turkish

Kokila

“cuckoo, koel bird”
Sanskrit

Koloman

“dove”
Latin, via Irish and German

Kolumban

“dove”
Latin, via German

Koyal

“cuckoo, koel bird”
Sanskrit, via Hindi

Krummi

“raven”
Icelandic

Lærke

“lark”
Danish

Lark

“lark, the songbird”
Old English

Lautaro

may mean “swift hawk”
Mapudungun, via Spanish

Lupe

“dove”
Samoan, Tongan

Nok

“bird”
Thai

Örn

“eagle”
Old Norse, via Swedish and Icelandic

Paloma

“dove”
Spanish

Pëllumb

“dove”
Albanian

Petrit

“falcon”
Albanian

Phoenix

“dark red; the phoenix bird”
Greek

Phương

may mean “phoenix; or fragrant”
Vietnamese

Rafn

“raven”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Ramberto

“bright raven”
Germanic, via Italian

Raven

“raven bird”
Old English

Şahin

“falcon”
Persian, via Turkish

Shahin

“royal falcon”
Persian

Sokol

“falcon”
Albanian

Sparrow

“sparrow”
Old English

Svanhild

“swan battle”
Old Norse

Svanhildur

“swan + battle”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Svanmundur

“swan + protection”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Svanur

“swan”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Toğrul

“falcon”
Turkic

Toiba

may mean “dove”
Yiddish

Tui

“the tūī bird”
Māori

Ugla

“owl”
Icelandic

Ugochi

“God's eagle, God's glory”
Igbo

Valur

“falcon”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Vasco

may mean “as Velasco, perhaps raven”
Basque, via Portuguese

Wolfram

“wolf and raven”
Germanic

Wren

“wren”
English

Ying

may mean “flower; lustrous; or eagle”
Chinese

Yonas

“dove”
Hebrew, via Amharic

Younès

“dove”
Hebrew, via Arabic and French

Younous

“dove”
Hebrew, via Arabic

Yunus

“dove”
Hebrew, via Arabic

Zipporah

“bird”
Hebrew

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